Meet the Conference Leaders
11:00 Paper Session : Material selection
Session Chair : Lena Wegrelius , Outokumpu Stainless AB , Sweden Lena Wegrelius holds a PhD in Engineering Metals from Chalmers University of Technology , Sweden , where she studied the passivation of stainless steels with the help of electrochemical methods and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy . Lena joined Outokumpu in Avesta in 1996 as a corrosion engineer . Since 1996 she has held several positions within Outokumpu Stainless in corrosion science and the technical marketing of stainless steel . Lena has years of experience in material selection for different industry sectors , especially the pulp and paper industry . Lena is an experienced lecturer and teacher in various forums and the author of many technical papers . Since 2014 Lena has headed the Global Corrosion Department within Outokumpu ’ s R & D .
Thoralf Müller , Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing ( BAM ), Germany Dipl . -Ing . Thoralf Müller studied mechanical engineering at Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg . After graduating , he initially worked for another year at the university as a research assistant in the field of corrosion under Dr Andreas Heyn before moving to the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing in Berlin in 2012 . He works there as a scientific and technical employee in the Corrosion and Corrosion Protection Department . His fields of activity generally include the corrosion of metallic materials in civil engineering and plant construction , with a focus on stainless steel , among other materials .
Arianna Gotti , Transvalor , Italy Arianna Gotti is a Mechanical Engineer with 20 years of experience in numerical simulation of industrial manufacturing processes of steels and Ni alloys , dealing with solidification and microstructure evolution . Her expertise covers continuous casting , ingot casting , heat treatments and deformation processes . She has coordinated and participated in several EU-funded projects , mainly covering solidification and continuous casting . Arianna is a member of the Steel Technical Group 2 ( steel downstream processing ) of the RFCS European fund . She also has experience in the mechanical characterisation of the materials at room and high temperatures . In Transvalor , she works in the Advanced Services team and is Technical Manager in Italy , supporting customers with process and product quality issues and for innovation projects .
Day 3 : Thursday , 28 September
Stainless Steel World brings together some of the world ’ s leading materials experts to share their knowledge and experience . Here we introduce the conference leaders from the third day .
Sukanya Hägg Mameng , Outokumpu , Sweden Sukanya Hägg Mameng holds Master ’ s Degree in material science and industrial chemistry . Ph . D ., She graduated in chemistry subject and studied the localised and atmospheric corrosion of stainless steel during her PhD . Currently she works as a corrosion specialist in the R & D of Outokumpu Stainless in Sweden . She mainly focuses on stainless steel ’ s localised corrosion and atmospheric corrosion for water and structural applications .
HanSeop Noh , POSCO , South Korea Dr . Han-Seop Noh graduated from the Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology , POSTECH . He ’ s now working at the stainless steel research group , POSCO . He majored in microstructure characterization and hydrogen embrittlement in austenitic stainless steel during Ph . D . He ’ s now interested in a new alloy designing for structural materials and analyzing a production process for commercialization in industrial fields .
Michael Wendel , Bodycote Specialist Technologies GmbH , Germany Michael Wendel holds a Master ’ s Degree in Material Science from the University of Augsburg . From his work at the Fraunhofer Institute IGCV on functional non-stick coatings for FRP-production he concentrated his focus on surface technology , wich led him to the diamond-like carbon coating industry for over 4 years . Now as an application engineer for Bodycote S ³ P , he is part of the technical customer service providing scientific background , laboratory analytics and technology knowledge to customers on stainless steel surface hardening .
11:00 Workshop : Additive manufacturing / welding
Moderator : Raymond Cordewener , Consultant , The Netherlands Raymond graduated as a Mechanical Engineer and has fulfilled many technical and managerial roles in several companies . He is on the Steering Committees of Stainless Steel World and Duplex World . Raymond ’ s broad metallurgical experience and materials knowledge covers forming , forging , casting , welding and machining . He has given training and workshops / masterclasses in the fields of quality , heat treatments , stainless steels , and duplex . He began his consultancy company in 2005 in his expert fields of metallurgy , cold and
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